Lakota schools to seek two tax levies
Voters in Greater Cincinnati's second-largest school system will decide in May whether the Lakota schools should have its first new local tax money since 2005.Black groups keep pressure on CPS
Cincinnati NAACP President Christopher Smitherman says his fiery campaign to get more black workers and companies on Cincinnati Public Schools construction projects is bearing fruit, but that didn't stop speakers from haranguing the school board for a third straight meeting Monday night.West Clermont schools raise taxes
West Clermont School Board voted unanimously Monday to move 2.4 mills of inside millage to the permanent improvement fund.Fake Food Coupons Spread in Haiti
The United Nations said Monday that counterfeiters have begun printing up fake vouchers, complicating giveaways that are meant for the hungriest Haitians.
Paperwork Hinders Airlifts of Ill Haitian Children
Doctors and aid workers are wrestling with the burden of proving that they are not illegally transporting children, whose risk of dying is rising while the paperwork awaits.
Widmer murder retrial postponed
The retrial of Ryan Widmer, accused in the bathtub-drowning of his wife, has been postponed to give defense lawyers more time to prepare, one of Widmer's lawyers said Monday.Mason votes down proposed taxes
Mason's efforts to get a ticket and parking tax passed failed Monday, wilting before the opposition of a large crowd that flowed out of City Council's chambers.School evacuated after students get ill
Thirteen New Richmond High School students reported feeling light-headed Monday afternoon, but carbon monoxide is not believed to be the cause, Superintendent Tom Durbin said.Mass fish death near Bunbury
HUNDREDS of dead fish have piled up at floodgates in Wonnerup near Bunbury after barriers failed to open - restricting vital water supplies.Doctor: Kirchner Recovers Well From Artery Surgery
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) -- Former President Nestor Kirchner is recovering well from emergency surgery on an important artery feeding blood to his brain, one of his doctors said Monday.
Abbott tells women to cool it
PEOPLE being "hypersensitive" about comments on housewives and ironing, says Tony Abbott.Tea Party grills party leaders
When the chairmen of Hamilton County's Republican and Democratic parties came before a roomful of conservative Tea Party activists in Indian Hill, one clearly had the crowd on its side.Canadian Official Charged in Murders
The commander of Canada’s largest Air Force base has been charged with first-degree murder in the deaths of two women.
Ky. lawmaker: Pray for Toyota
A Kentucky lawmaker whose district includes the huge Georgetown Toyota plant is urging people to offer up prayers for the automaker and its employees who are struggling through massive recalls.• Report: Prius recall plannedBolivia Expects 5, 000 Foreigners at Climate Forum
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) -- Bolivia's government says it expects thousands of activists, environmentalists and scientists to travel to the Andean nation for conference on climate change.
Quake Shakes Southern Mexico, Felt in Capital
OAXACA, Mexico (AP) -- A magnitude 5.7-earthquake shook southern Mexico near the Oaxaca coast Monday, setting off evacuation alarms and swaying buildings as far away as Mexico City.
Mexico Arrests 2 Reputed Leaders of Tijuana Gang
TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) -- Mexican authorities on Monday arrested two suspected leaders of a brutal drug trafficking gang that terrorized the border city of Tijuana for several years, a U.S. official said.
Haitians Confront New Threat: Deadly Spring Rains
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- Survivors of Haiti's catastrophic earthquake have had one saving grace: There's been no significant rain since the disaster. But that won't last.
Elsmere training paramedics with grant
Four Northern Kentucky fire departments will get more than $350,000 in federal money the Federal Emergency Management Agency announced Monday.Venezuela Declares Emergency Amid Energy Crisis
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- President Hugo Chavez has signed a decree declaring an energy emergency in Venezuela to facilitate his government's efforts to ease severe energy shortages.
Power restored in Norwood
All Duke Energy customers in the Norwood area who lost power Monday evening should have power again, according to Duke spokeswoman Sally Thelen.Chavez Hosts New Radio Show _ at Any Moment
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has launched a new radio program in which he can take to the airwaves at any time of the day or night.
Where’s Mallory? China, DC
Cincinnati Mayor Mark Mallory spent last week in China on an unannounced trip - and some City Council members didn't know he was out of town, much less out of the country.Chavez Declares “Electricity Emergency” In Venezuela
CARACAS (Reuters) - President Hugo Chavez inaugurated a folksy new radio talk-show on Monday by declaring an "electricity emergency" in oil-rich Venezuela.
Race to Avoid a ‘Death by Red Tape’ in Haiti
An informal media campaign tries to save a young Haitian girl from "death by red tape."
Repairs coming to Kenton Co. road
Starting Monday, traffic on a 120-foot section of Bromley Crescent Springs Road will be restricted to one lane during the work week to repair slippage.Mount Healthy fire injures two
The caregiver of a quadriplegic woman is being credited with saving her life after she carried the paralyzed woman to safety when a fire broke out in her apartment early Monday morning.US Baptists’ Attorney in Haiti: Clients Innocent
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- The new lawyer for 10 American Baptists charged with child kidnapping said Monday he believes they had paperwork to take 33 children out of the country after Haiti's devastating earthquake.
Little Miami seeks levy and income tax
Little Miami School officials hope five is a charm when it comes to winning voter approval for new tax money, but they have accepted eventual - though they hope temporary - state takeover some time this summer.Cop guilty in shopping cart case
A Hamilton County jury convicted a Cincinnati police officer Monday of a felony, threatening Vinnie Edwards' law enforcement career.Ex-Mayor Absolved in Journalist’s Slaying in Peru
LIMA, Peru (AP) -- A Peruvian court on Monday absolved the former mayor of a jungle city in the 2004 killing of a reporter who accused him of cocaine trafficking.
Some fire radio problems being fixed
Hamilton County officials are close to a fix for some of the communication problems firefighters county-wide have been experiencing, but no radio system is perfect, Interim County Communications Director Mike Bailey told commissioners at a meeting Monday morning.Court hears of ‘bowser bonk’
A MAN caught having sex at a petrol bowser refused to stop when police asked, a court has heard.In, then out, now in: Cecil Thomas
Ten days after withdrawing from the race for Hamilton County commissioner, Cincinnati City Councilman Cecil Thomas told the Enquirer Monday he's back in.Shriners Hospital gets $5M gift
Shriners Hospital for Children will triple the size of its on-site family care unit, funded by a $5 million gift from an anonymous Cincinnati family.Libs flag six months’ parent leave
THE Coalition promises six months' paid parental leave if it wins the election, trumping the Government's taxpayer-funded 18-week plan.Students raise $25K for Darfur
Students at North College Hill schools have raised nearly $25,000 for Darfur in the Sudan in three years.Rudd wants drinking age at 21
PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd says he'd like to see the legal drinking age lifted to 21 years.State to fund 350 home fix-ups
The state approved spending $510,000 to fix up homes for needy Hamilton County families, state Rep. Denise Driehaus said Monday. The money is coming from Ohio's Housing Assistance Grant program.Doctor charged for Jacko death
MICHAEL Jackson's personal doctor was officially charged with involuntary manslaughter today.ASIO rushed asylum checks
ASIO fast-tracked security checks on 78 refugees being held in Indonesia following the Oceanic Viking standoff.Prosecutor: Mom-baby killer confessed
Mark Pickens "confessed" to a fellow inmate that he shot and killed his former girlfriend, her baby and a 3-year-old she was babysitting last June, prosecutors said Monday.Kentucky braces for snowy blast
LOUISVILLE - Snow is moving into Kentucky and a winter weather warning is posted for much of the Bluegrass State.CCHS performances rescheduled
Students in Campbell County High School's production of "A Bad Year for Tomatoes" are getting an unexpected extra week to rehearse before going live.Chamber postpones Frankfort day
The Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce has postponed its annual Day/Night in Frankfort due to an impending storm that is expected to blanket the region with up to six inches of snow.Report: Alligator Kills 11-Year-Old Girl in Brazil
SAO PAULO (AP) -- A 13-foot (4-meter) alligator has reportedly attacked and killed a girl who was swimming in a Brazilian jungle river.
Turfway making up for snow days
Turfway Park race course has rescheduled one of the dates lost because of last week's winter storm.Haiti Studies Colombian Town For Quake Rebuilding
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Haiti's interior minister on Monday toured a Colombian town rebuilt after a huge 1999 tremor as his own country considered plans to reconstruct its wrecked capital city after last month's devastating earthquake.
Bahamas to Return Migrants to Quake-Ravaged Haiti
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) -- More than five dozen Haitian migrants detained as they sailed north through the Bahamas will be returned directly to the earthquake-ravaged country, the Bahamian prime minister said Monday.
Property owners get $1.47, not $2.3M
Butler County property owners will be getting a $1.47 tax break when their bills arrive this week. But it doesn't appear they will see a refund of $2.3 million that Auditor Roger Reynolds said was illegally collected to pay for groundwater protection.Miami U rape investigation stalled
A reported on-campus rape at Miami University remains under investigation, but any possible prosecution of the identified suspect is on hold, police said, because the victim has declined to seek criminal charges.Latest forecast: Another major pounding?
Winter's about to deliver another major wallop.Bonusgate witness got big bonus
HARRISBURG -- The prosecution's star witness in the theft trial of former state Rep. Mike Veon took the stand for the fifth day and testified that over three years, he personally received more than $40,000 in secret state bonuses.Hospitals still restricting visitors
Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky hospitals will continue restricting visitors because of the flu until mid-March.1 ticket wins $141 million
A New Jersey ticket came close - just as several Pennsylvania slips, including a $1 million one sold in Folcroft, did last week.Elgin Diner, down on Mt. Ephraim, rising again
In depressing economic times, the reopening of a small restaurant on a nondescript commercial strip may be meaningless to the financial analysts on Wall Street and in Washington.A snowy-day tale, with a nice ring to it: In Center City, gems are everywhere
As miracles go, Emil Steiner and his wife, Jessica Foster, will long remember their third anniversary that took place during the Blizzard of 2010.Web not yet the answer to college-text costs
As a freshman at Temple University, Gian Hunjan shelled out $500 per semester for textbooks at the bookstore, all new.Harry Gross: Executor of will should be a trusted friend
Dear Harry: I am writing a will for the first time. My lawyer recommends that I name at least two executors, one of which is a bank. He has two reasons: to prevent dishonesty, and to make sure that one would always be left in case of a death. He suggests that the second executor be one of my children. I remember you saying years ago that you did not like either banks or children as executors or trustees. Is my memory right? Why?Palin was the big star at the Tea Party gathering, but is she The One?
"I think America is ready for another revolution," said Sarah Palin in Nashville at the National Tea Party Convention on Saturday night. Will she lead that party, and the GOP, into 2012?A ‘historic’ snowfall . . . and even more tomorrow
HAVING JUST dug out from the second-largest snowstorm in the city's history, residents are bracing for another foot of snow that forecasters say could start falling about 4 p.m. tomorrow.Mystery woman dies when hit while crossing I-95 near airport
She wore only pajama pants, a T-shirt and clogs on the night that the second-largest snowfall in Philadelphia history was beginning.Man, 36, hanged himself in cell, police say
A 36-year-old man hanged himself last week in an 18th Police District jail cell, according to police and the Medical Examiner's Office.Stu Bykofsky: Change we can believe in … not
BETWEEN THE negligible interest they pay us and the bonanza bonuses they pay themselves, we have reason to hate big banks.John Baer: Ed’s last budget: Don’t expect a lot
GOV. ED'S known for offering progressive budgets that go nowhere, that never make the annual deadline and that only pass like kidney stones - slowly and with pain - once his ideas are stripped out by the Legislature.Cops: Dad passed out at traffic light
An Anderson Township man was arrested early Monday morning near his home after a Cincinnati police officer spotted him passed out at a traffic light with his 7-year-old daughter in the car.Voters of Costa Rica Elect Their First Female President
Costa Ricans elected a former vice president, Laura Chinchilla, as the country’s first female president, giving the ruling party a resounding victory.
1 site, 1 year, 316 police runs
The West End buildings were designed as safe places for older residents to stay in their home neighborhoods. Then younger residents moved in. Now, police have made 316 nuisance runs there in a year and residents want officers to crack down.Crash injures driver on AA Highway
ALEXANDRIA - A three-car accident on the AA Highway injured a women and caused a temporary shutdown of the northbound lanes of the highway Monday morning, Alexandria Police said.Daniel Rubin: Another TSA complaint close to home
Last month's column on the TSA worker who jokingly planted a bag of white powder on a passenger at Philadelphia International Airport generated a half-million page views and scores of tips of other alleged abuses by those who work to keep us safe.Politics always on the menu for Green
Councilman Bill Green raised more than twice as much campaign cash as his Council colleagues did last year - $147,751.A desperate gamble fails to pay off for Sunoco worker
The dreaded one-page letter arrived last week, confirming Len Norvilla's worst fears. Sunoco's Eagle Point refinery will be "permanently shut down," the form letter said.Tens of thousands without power at Shore
More than 39,000 customers were without power in Cape May County this morning, and some may remain in the dark for days, according to Atlantic City Electric.Pa. bill would expand overhaul of schools
Low-achieving schools could be turned into charter schools or handed over to outside management. Underperforming charters could be closed. Elected boards would be replaced by appointed ones in failing districts.Take a walk with Sheba
This week's Adopt-a-Pet at the Pennsylvania SPCA is Sheba, a 1-year-old Akita/corgi mix. Sheba is active, and loves long walks and playing with squeaky toys.She stabbed boyfriend, cops say
A 49-year-old Boone County woman was arrested on Sunday on charges that she stabbed her boyfriend and tried to cover up the crime.Haiti Protesters Denounce Aid Corruption, Hoarding
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Hundreds of Haitian earthquake survivors protested in a suburb of the wrecked capital on Sunday, accusing a district mayor of corruption and hoarding food aid provided by relief groups, witnesses said.
Three arrested in radiator theft
Three men are facing felony charges after a Cincinnati police officer caught them stealing radiators from a Roselawn apartment complex where one of the men lives.Rutgers attempts to defend title in recycling contest
Rutgers red, meet gorilla green. Actually, they're quite the team already. Rutgers University is trying for its fourth consecutive win in the annual intercollegiate RecycleMania contest. For three years, it has claimed the competition's Gorilla Prize for the most pounds of recyclables collected, one of eight contest categories.4 Louisville cops on leave after shooting
LOUISVILLE - Four Metro Louisville police officers are on routine administrative leave while the department investigates the fatal shooting of a man who wielded a hammer. [...] Continue Reading…
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Ex-President of Argentina Undergoes Cardiovascular Surgery
Former President Néstor Kirchner of Argentina underwent successful emergency surgery to unclog his right carotid artery, Argentine news outlets reported.
After snowstorm, digging out and ready to roll
As Philadelphia-area residents dug through nearly 30 inches of snow to find their cars and sidewalks yesterday, life began to return to normal, with buses and trains rolling again and airlines returning to the skies.Winter could be snowiest on record
If the atmosphere could be checked for performance-enhancing substances, no one around here would be surprised if it tested positive this winter.China shuts down hacking website
Three people are arrested as China's largest training website for hackers is shut down, state media reports.Shore wrestles with the aftermath of the blizzard
After spending a sleepless Saturday night in an emergency shelter with 112 other people, 34-year-old Deryck Leotaud was ready for answers yesterday afternoon: When would the power be restored? When could he and his family return to their North Wildwood home?dot.Rory
Who else will use BT's broadband network?Unions vow strike as Greece finalizes deficit plan (Reuters)
Reuters - Greek unions pledged on Monday to fight austerity measures with a public sector strike this week, the first test of the government's commitment to cut deficits and a ballooning public debt which has shaken the euro.Sarobi Journal: Afghans Don’t Let a White-Knuckle Highway Slow Them
A road that runs through a mountain gorge between Kabul and Jalalabad holds its own terrors.
Greece readies tax change to fight crisis (AP)
AP - Greek officials put the final touches Monday on an overhaul of the country's ineffective tax system — part of their urgent effort to fix a debt crisis that has shaken the entire eurozone.Developer hopes to restore historic Woodbury theater
From the sidewalk on Woodbury's South Broad Street, it is difficult to see the 1880 G.G. Green building the way developer Brian Wolfson does: as the bones of a historic theater waiting for revival and a potential economic engine for a struggling downtown.Local teen musicians learn Arabic music
Was it modern jazz? Or the soundtrack to The Golden Voyage of Sinbad? The undulating melody issuing - however haltingly - yesterday afternoon from the 15 teens in the Kimmel Center Youth Jazz Ensemble was unmistakable. Even familiar. It was the snake charmers' melody familiar from old action movies.Third Swarthmore official joins global venture
For Kelly Wilcox, it will mean leaving Swarthmore College after 17 years, first as a student, then as a field-hockey coach and administrator.Oil above $72 amid US cold snap, Iran tensions (AP)
AP - Oil prices jumped above $72 a barrel Monday in Asia after hitting a two-month low last week, boosted by tensions over Iran's nuclear program and a cold snap in the U.S. northeast.
Obama calls bipartisan meeting
WASHINGTON - In the first major step to revive his health-care agenda after his party's loss of a filibuster-proof Senate majority, President Obama yesterday invited Republican and Democratic leaders to discuss possible compromises in a televised gathering this month.India predicts growth at 7.2 percent in year to March (AFP)
AFP - India's economy should grow 7.2 percent in the fiscal year ending in March, an official forecast said Monday, as the economy's recovery from the global financial crisis picks up speed.
Shuttle makes final night flight
The US space agency (Nasa) has launched its shuttle Endeavour on a mission to the International Space Station (ISS).SMFG Q3 profit surges, keeps forecast (Reuters)
Reuters - Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (8316.T), Japan's third-biggest bank by assets, outshone it larger rivals and posted its biggest profit in seven quarters on Monday, helped by an improvement in its stock portfolio and a decline in bad loans.Marshals seek deadly Conn. gas plant blast’s cause (AP)
AP - Fire marshals on Monday were preparing to start their investigation into a massive explosion that rocked an under-construction power plant where gas lines were being tested, killing at least five people.
Detained Health Workers Denounce Philippine Government
The families and colleagues of 43 health workers detained over the weekend denounced the Philippine government on Sunday and accused the police and military of framing the suspects.
Chinese police shut down hacker training business (AP)
AP - Police in central China have shut down a hacker training operation that openly recruited thousands of members online and provided them with cyberattack lessons and malicious software, state media said Monday.THE INFLUENCE GAME: Toyota’s powerful DC friends (AP)
AP - Toyota has friends in high places in Washington, including some of the very people now investigating the Japanese automaker.
The Female Factor: Family Vaults Women to Leadership in Asia
More women have come to hold power in Asia recently than in any other part of the world.
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Zoo honors 3 for conservation In celebration of its sesquicentennial, the Philadelphia Zoo has named Denise Rambaldi, executive director of the Golden Lion Tamarin Association, the winner of the zoo's Gift to the Planet, the inaugural Global Conservation Prize, presented by Peco Energy.Cry for Self-Rule by Tamils Is Muffled by Reality
After decades of war, any hope of self-rule among Sri Lanka’s Tamil minority appears to have been dashed by last month’s presidential election.